18:26 | 17.07.2012 | Viewed []

Started Good, Finished Bad..

 

 

Anna Tatisvili Georgian tennis player lost the first match at international tournament which was underway in the city of Sweden, Bastad (prize money 220 000 USD). 22-year-old Tatishvili won the first set over Spanish Silvia Soler-Espisona, who is No. 63 seed in WTA ranking, but finally lost 6:4, 3:6, 0:6.
Tatishvili made 4 double fouls and used only 4 tie-breaks from 16 (70:96).
As far as you know Tatishvili is No.73 seed in WTA ranking. In doubles draw Georgian girl and Russian Valeria Solovieva will play against No.3 seed Croatian-Hungarian duet (Jurak-Marosi).
Sopho Kvatsabaia plays at Donetsk tournament (prize money 50 000 USD) in Ukraine. In doubles draw, Kvatsabaia and Olga Ianchuk of Ukraine lost with Masuri of Israel and Kyrylova of Ukraine 6:7 (6:8), 6:4. 9:11. As for singles draw, Kateryna Kozlova of Ukraine will be the first opponent of the Georgian tennis player.
Ekaterine Gorgodze who plays at Astana tournament (Kazakhstan, 25 000 USD) managed to beat  Alexandra Grinchishina of Kazakhstan 6:1, 6:1 and in the main draw she plays against Uzbek Nigina Abduraimova.
Sabina Kurbanova (Russia) one of the winners of classification is the future rival of Sopho Shapatava. In doubles tournament, Gorgodze and Shapatava No.4 seed duet beat Belarusians (Milevskaya and Pirazhenka) 6:2, 6:4 and as a result went through the quarter final. Oksana Kalashnikova and Russian Martha Sirotkina No.3 duet plays against Russians- Isaeva and Kirilova.
Maka Chakhnashvili could not succeed at Imola tournament (Italy, 25 000 USD).  She was No.1 seed at this tournament, but she could not manage to finish the match against Julia Mayr of Italy. Chakhnashvili ended the match when the second was 7:5, 5:7, 1:4 in favor of her rival.

Natia Gegia plays against Japanese No.3 seed Yurina Kosino at the tournament ongoing in the city of Turkey, Istanbul (prize money 10 000 USD). In doubles tournament, Georgian player and Japanese Yoshimi Kawasaki play against Spanish  Pares Zeinep Askoitja and Romanian Stomlega. Tamar Chalaganidze and Turkish Zeinep Saricham will play against No.4 Turkish-Russian duet (Eraidin-Sizikova).

 

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